Boys' name · since 1974
Kalid
Kalid has 204 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,838 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 204
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
204 boys have been named Kalid since 1974, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalid has been recorded 204 times among boys since 1974, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2023.
- #12,838 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 204 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalid ranks #12,838 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 204 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,838 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 204
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kalid's 204 recorded births place it above 71.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kalid's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kalid's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1996 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kalid popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2023
- Peak year (1996)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Kalid by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (64 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Kalid's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Kalid births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s
2000s
64 births
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 64 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Kalid's decade-level peak was the 2000s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kalid: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kalid draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.